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The Izmir Mavi Tren (MAH-vee trehn, "Izmir Blue Train") departs Izmir (Basmane) at 18:55 (6:55 pm) daily and arrives in Ankara about 14 hours later at 09:29 am. Here's the complete schedule.

It departs Ankara at 19:00 (7:00 pm) and arrives at Basmane Station in Izmir the next morning at 08:49 am. Here's the schedule.

The train hauls Pullman cars, sleeping cars, and a dining car.

A one-way/single ticket costs TL27.

The total fare (train fare + bed + service charge) in a sleeping car is TL80 for a single person alone in a private compartment, or TL60 per person if two people share a compartment.

There's also the later, slightly snazzier 9 Eylül Ekspresi (September 9th Express) leaving a few hours later and hauling Pullman cars, a sleeping cars and a dining car between Izmir and Ankara. More...

The Karesi Ekspresi is a slower, lower-fare night train with Pullman cars and a couchette car.

Please read this safety notice about sleeping car travel.


 

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Turkish State Railways sleeping compartment interior, Istanbul, Turkey

A private sleeping copmpartment in a Turkish State Railways sleeping car (yatakli vagon).